Touch Excel to PDF?

DTM · 02-17-2013, 09:09 AM

I have a simple table in Excel that I want to be able to read on my Nook. (Obviously, editing is out of the question!) With my Classic Nook, I just printed the spreadsheet as a PDF, sideloaded it and it worked fine. But with my new STR, it looks as though it tries to reflow the PDF--even though I thought the STR doesn't reflow PDFs--and completely destroys the table format. That makes it unreadable.

Any suggestions? It doesn't have to be PDF, but I don't know of an easy way to convert Excel to ePub.

MartyTX · 02-17-2013, 12:22 PM

Hello DTM,

Until I realized that calibre has the ability to create an EPUB catalog, I was importing CSV info into Excel and printing as PDF. It worked fine on my NOOK Simple Touch, with no reflow/reformatting at all.

However, I use the golden-oldie Excel 2000. So, to print as PDF, I had to install
PrimoPDF. The PDF's created by PrimoPDF work fine on my STR. I haven't tried PDF's created directly by Excel.

PrimoPDF is simple to use and there is/was a true freeware version, not a time-limited trial. My copy is 3-years old; don't know if current version functions the same way.

Marty

DTM · 02-17-2013, 06:57 PM

Thanks, Marty. Although I have Excel 2007, I have not installed the PDF option--I rarely need it--and have been using CutePDF Writer. Maybe that's the key. I'll give PrimoPDF a try and see what happens.

DTM · 03-06-2013, 09:11 PM

Finally got a chance to give it a try, and neither the Excel option nor PrimoPDF made a difference. But thanks for trying!

02-17-2013, 09:09 AM	#1
DTM Intentionally Left Blank Posts: 172 Karma: 300106 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Royal Oak, MI, USA Device: Nook STR	Excel to PDF? I have a simple table in Excel that I want to be able to read on my Nook. (Obviously, editing is out of the question!) With my Classic Nook, I just printed the spreadsheet as a PDF, sideloaded it and it worked fine. But with my new STR, it looks as though it tries to reflow the PDF--even though I thought the STR doesn't reflow PDFs--and completely destroys the table format. That makes it unreadable. Any suggestions? It doesn't have to be PDF, but I don't know of an easy way to convert Excel to ePub.

02-17-2013, 12:22 PM	#2
MartyTX Dedicated Posts: 441 Karma: 11279376 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Amarillo, TX Device: iPad Mini 1 & 4, Nook ST, Dell 11-3000, iPhone 5s	Hello DTM, Until I realized that calibre has the ability to create an EPUB catalog, I was importing CSV info into Excel and printing as PDF. It worked fine on my NOOK Simple Touch, with no reflow/reformatting at all. However, I use the golden-oldie Excel 2000. So, to print as PDF, I had to install PrimoPDF. The PDF's created by PrimoPDF work fine on my STR. I haven't tried PDF's created directly by Excel. PrimoPDF is simple to use and there is/was a true freeware version, not a time-limited trial. My copy is 3-years old; don't know if current version functions the same way. Marty

02-17-2013, 06:57 PM	#3
DTM Intentionally Left Blank Posts: 172 Karma: 300106 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Royal Oak, MI, USA Device: Nook STR	Thanks, Marty. Although I have Excel 2007, I have not installed the PDF option--I rarely need it--and have been using CutePDF Writer. Maybe that's the key. I'll give PrimoPDF a try and see what happens.

03-06-2013, 09:11 PM	#4
DTM Intentionally Left Blank Posts: 172 Karma: 300106 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Royal Oak, MI, USA Device: Nook STR	Finally got a chance to give it a try, and neither the Excel option nor PrimoPDF made a difference. But thanks for trying!

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